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R. PATTISON. HEADLIGHT.

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RICHARD PTTISON, OF NE YORK, N. Y.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 558,099, dated April 14, 1896.

Application filed April 4, 1895. Serial No. 544,378. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD PATTISON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Headlights, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof', in which similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to headlights for tramway or other cars, and the object thereof is to provide a signal attachment for suoli devices designed to indicate in what direction the car is going, and also to provide other improvements which will be hereinafter fully described. 4

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure l is a front elevation of a headlight provided with my improvement; Fig. 2,

that shown in Fig. l, and Fig. 3 a vertical section on the line a: of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 2 designates a headlight having the usual lamp 3 and reflector 4, the device being shown in section in Fig. 3 the better to illustrate the means for supporting the front glass of the reflector or light, the rear end of the reflector being broken away and the lamp omitted.

In my improvement I provide the ordinary glass front 5 of the reflector with an annular rim or border 6, having whitened, ground, or sanded surfaces, by which it is rendered translucent, and on the upper half thereof I print in plain letters one of the terminals of the road or track on which the headlight is being used, and on the lower side or half I print in a similar manner the opposite end of said road or track, or, if the car is not going to the ends or terminals of the track or road, the stations to which the car is going may be indicated in the manner described.

Pivoted or hingedto each side of the headlight, as shown at 7 and S, is a semicircular frame 9, consisting of a curved wire or rod l0, to which is attached a flat semicircular bodypiece ll, substantially the same in form, length, and width as one-half of the annular border or rim 6, on which the signals are printed, and which frame is adapted to cover either the upper or lower signal placed on the front glass of the reflector, as hereinbefore described and as clearly shown in Figs. l and 2, by folding the same in either direction, as shown in said iigures, and connected with the upper and lower sides of the reflector adjacent to the annular opening therein are springcatches l2, adapted to act in connection with the wire lO of the semicircular frame and hold said frame in either the upper or the lower position, as will be readily understood and as clearly shown in said Figs. l and 2.

The means for supporting the front glass of the reflector in its position, which in my improvement is square, consist of ways or guides 13 at the bottom thereof, which extend across the bottom of the reflector-frame, and similar ,guides 14 at the top thereof, which also extend across the frame, and when the side door of the headlight-casing is opened in the usual manner the said glass 5 may be removed from its supports and another glass, bearing different signals or any required signais, may be inserted therein, the only supports for the glass being the longitudinal ways or guides, into' which it may be inserted and from which it may be removed whenever desired.

In the device shown in the drawings the signal on the upper side of the reiiector-glass consists of the words Houston st. and on the lower side the words Central Park, the latter of said signals meaning the northern terminal of the Broadway road in the city of New York and the other one of the stations on said road. If the signal Central Park is displayed, it indicates that the car is going in the direction of the northern terminal of the road, and if the signal Houston st. is displayed it indicates that the car is going in the opposite direction, or towardV the south. Of course these signals are simply arbitrary and designed only for the purpose of illustrating the constructionand application of my invention.

I do not limit myself to the exact form of construction shown and described, as it is evident that changes therein and modifications thereof may be made Without departing from the scope of my invention; but having fully described said invention, its construction and operation,

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- Y IOO l. The combination, with a headlight, the front or reflector glass of which is provided With a translucent annular rim or border having printed thereon, on the upper and lower sides thereof, signals which indicate the ends of the line on which the car to which the headlight is attached is being operated, or stations on said line, of a semicircular frame adapted to cover one-half of said annular rim or border, hinged at opposite sides of the front of the reflector and adapted to be folded so as to cover either of said singals, and means for holding said frame in eitherposition, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination, with a headlight, the reflector or front glass of which is provided with signals around the upper and lower edges thereof which indicate the direction in which the car is going, of a frame hinged at opposite sides of the reilector and adapted to cover and conceal either of said signals, substantially as shown and described.

3. In a headlight, the combination of a :reflector-frame, guides arranged at the top and bottom of said frame, a front glass held in place in the guides and having a translucent annular rim or border provided With a signal above and below the horizontal diameter thereof, and a semicircular frame pivoted to the headlight and consisting of a curved wire pivotally secured at its ends on opposite sides ofthe headlight and a ilat semicircular bodypiece secured thereto, and spring-catches adapted to fasten the said frame over the upper or lower signal, as desired, substantially as described.

4. In a headlight, the combination of a front glass arranged therein and provided with an annular translucent rim or border having suitable signals printed thereon, and a semicircular disk pivotally secured at its ends to the headlight, at or about the center of the front glass, and adapted to be arranged over the signals on the upper or lower portion of the glass, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of two Witnesses, this lst day of April, 1895.

RICHARD PATTISON.

IVitiiesses:

PERGY T. GRIFFITH, C. GERsT. 

